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HAY AND GRAIN GAP.

No. 252,168. I Patented Jan. 10,1882.

Y IWZT WITNESSES INVENATOR ATNEIYS lowing catch, 0, to

4 designed te extend from the UNITED STATES JAMES WV. ANGUS, OF MACON, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE HALF no JOHN SHEPHERD, OF SAME PLACE.

- HAY AND GfRAIN QAP.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES WJANGUs, a citizen of the United States, resident of Macon, in the county of Mason and State of Missouri, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Coverings for Hay or Grain Stacks; and I do hereby declare that the folis'a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings, makingfa part of this specification, and to the lettersand figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a vertical section,-nnd Fig. 2 is'a perspee gs tive ofaportion thereof,

This invention has relation to coverings or or. grain; and'it conconnected therewith and adapted to hold the covering-boards, all as hereinafter set forth. In the accompanying drawings, the letters a a designate rods or stout wires, which are l top of the stack down ward on each side thereof. Each rod is provided at its upper end with a hook or catch, b, and should have at its lower end a stud or oli' when the rods arejcarried about or are being adjusted the latterbeing preferable, and indicated at j'ing outward and upward, forming the upward ein the drawings;

It is generally advisableto roughen or notch I the w'drawingenin order are similar in formatending at first outward and then catch, k, or hook proper. .These hooks are not rigidly fastened to the side rods, but have their eyes a little t can The loose thereon, so that they be easily adjusted up or down on the rods. upper hooks or catches, b, of the rods are turned downward, and when the rods are in position across the stack said hooks are IQ,

prevent the hooks d from falling upon the stack. Theserods are arranged in pairs',"and are connected at their upper ends by-means of a pivot or link,

dated January. 1.0, 1882.

cated at the top of the same, and boards, on, are placed with. their upper edges under said hooks, and are supportedby bringing up the first adjustable hooks on the rods which engage the lower edges of the first boards. The next boards, m, are placed with theirupper edgesin the under bends orcatches, V and are supported h, of these adjustable hooks,

by bringing the next hooks on the rods time engagement with-their lower edges. The succeeding boardsmay be attached by means of the remaining hooks, in succession, to the rods in a similar manner, until a s'uflicient coverin g is provided for the stack. The hooks, after adjustment on the rods, in connection with'theboards, are pressed downward obliquely by the weight on their outer ends, and have theregerea firm purchase or bite on the rods, so that they will hold their places securely.

Boards of different widths may be employed in connection with these adjustable hooks, no uniformity being required in this particular, and as their upper edges are covered. by the under edges of above, the lapped construction affords a good water-shed. f

In order to prevent leaking at the top or the upper 7 the boards next in succession' ridge,one of the top boards may be notched in so that it'can extend above its opposite side-,"or the-rods of stack may be pushed up a litits upper edge, fellow on the one side of the such a manner that when the upper boards are adjusted in place one will extend higher than the other and'over its upper edge. No measurement is required in attaching the boards,ast 9 added.

=,;,-j-,,In 'jsome cases.,anchoring-stakees may be connected by chains z to the lower ends of the rods, thereby securing the covering to the ground off by ahigh wind.

. 5" he proper manner is to begin at the j and pushthe hooks up as the boards-are 99" and preventing it from. being blown Having described this invention," what I claim, rs--l 1. In a stack-covering, the side rods or wires,

and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

- or, having theop connection, a, and the adjust! :1

80 tl'e farther than the. rods on the other side, in

ablehooksrl,havingtheunderbendsoi'catclies, In testimony-that I claim the-above I have 10 h, and the eyes g,. arranged on said rods or hereunto subscribed myname in the presence wires. substantially as specified. of two witnesses.

2. The stack-covering consisting oftlie hook I rods 01' wires a, connected in-pairs at their up.- JAM ES W. ANGUS.

per ends, the ad justable"lmoks d, having the under bends-0r catches, h, and the lapped Witnesses:

boards, held in place by said hook-rods-and D. E. WILSON, theadjustnblehooks, snbstantiallyas specified. A. H. PAYSON. 

